95-6791. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Waste Acceptance Issues

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6791]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Waste Acceptance 
Issues

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Response Summary Report for the 
Department of Energy's Notice of Inquiry on Waste Acceptance Issues.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy published a Notice of Inquiry on May 
25, 1994, to elicit the views of affected parties on: (1) The 
Department's preliminary view that it does not have a statutory 
obligation to accept spent nuclear fuel in 1998 in the absence of an 
operational repository or a suitable storage facility constructed under 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended; (2) the need for an 
interim, away-from-reactor storage facility prior to repository 
operations; and (3) options for offsetting, through the use of the 
Nuclear Waste Fund, a portion of the financial burden that may be 
incurred by utilities in continuing to store spent nuclear fuel at 
reactor sites beyond 1998 (59 FR 27007). The Notice of Inquiry 
implemented the Secretary's initiative to invite the views of 
interested parties and to advance the consensus-building process on 
resolving these important issues.
    The Notice of Inquiry requested written comments on or before 
September 22, 1994. In response to a request from six organizations, 
the Department published a Notice on October 18, 1994, announcing the 
reopening of this comment period until December 19, 1994 (59 FR 52524). 
The Department received more than 1,100 comment letters in response to 
the Notice of Inquiry.
    The purpose of this Notice is to announce the availability of the 
Notice of Inquiry on Waste Acceptance Issues -- Response Summary Report 
which the Department prepared to present a summary of the comments 
received in response to the Notice of Inquiry. The Department is 
currently reviewing the comments for the purpose of preparing its 
response to the issues set forth in the Notice of Inquiry.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the report may be obtained by writing: OCRWM 
Information Center, P.O. Box 44375, Washington, DC 20026, or by phone: 
(800) 225-NWPA (6972), [phone] (in the Washington, DC area).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Zabransky at the address 
above, or by telephone at [phone] or Mr. Robert Waxman of the 
Office of General Counsel at [phone].

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 15, 1995.
Daniel A. Dreyfus,
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 95-6791 Filed 3-17-95; 8:45 am]
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